In the battle that his players gave until the end Panathinaikou and they were justified by qualifying for the playoffs, but also for the dream of his groups Champions League spoke o Ruben Perez.
The midfielder of the “greens” gave statements, stressing, among other things, that the Braga has more experience, however, as the 34-year-old mentioned, Panathinaikos will continue to fight for the goal of qualifying for the top European club competition.
What Perez said in detail:
For Panathinaikos’ big qualification: “We were coming with the mindset of going through, after the result of the first race, but we knew it would be something difficult. We quickly conceded a goal we shouldn’t have. At the end of the first half we conceded a second, but we did not give up. We fought our battle and in the end we were vindicated».
On the fact that when the penalty was awarded he was the first to run to the referee: “From where I was I saw it clearly and started protesting as I knew it was a penalty. We had to push the situation and that’s what I did as I think that was the right way to go about it. They didn’t give it to us, there was a violation».
On the fact that he did the same in the goal disallowed by Marseille Bithynia: “Look it would be a disappointment if we conceded a goal at that point. My teammates were yelling that there was a foul and in the end we were right».
On what Panathinaikos can reach and if they can succeed against Braga: “Look, we try to do the best we can. We are of course a team with less European experience than the teams we face, but we know we have a good team. Braga certainly have more experience than us, but we have our minds set on qualifying for the Champions League groups. We will continue to fight»
Source: Sport Fm
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